Size testing device for gloves



SIZE TESTING DEVICE FOR GLOVES Filed, June 10, 1932 'r ""V Il /A 11 N p999 91 Q fiw Qy a M azzawz Patented. Apr. 16, 1935 UNITED sTAr s SIZETESTING DEVICE roa GLOVES Elmer J. BlisaBoston, Mass., assignor to RegalShoe Company, Whitman, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts ApplicationJune 10, 1932, Serial No. 616,461

6 Claims. (01. 33-2) This invention relates to the size testing ofgloves in order to determine the size measurement of any particulargloves whose size it is desired to ascertain. While gloves are supposedto be made in accordance with a certain standard practice of knownmeasurements corresponding to the customary size designations expressedby numerals, nevertheless in commercial practice it is found that thereis a good deal of variation from the standard practice by differentmanufacturers and consequently it is desirable for any dealer using aglove fitting device for measuring the hand to ascertain whether thegloves to be obtained from the manufacturer correspond with suchstandard scale of measurements.

To this end the present invention comprises, generally speaking, a sizetesting device for measuring gloves embracing in its construction a formsimulating the shape of a human hand and comprising plural, separable,longitudinal sections combined with expanding means interposed betweenthe sections and movablelongitudinally thereof to expand the formtransversely to any desired degree to properly fit a glove into whichthe form is inserted and having a glove size indicating scale correlatedwith the longitudinal adjustment of the expanding means to indicate thesize measurement of the glove being tested. This and other features ofthe inven tion will be particularly described in the followingspecification and will be defined in the claims hereto annexed.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated one simple and practicalform embodying the principles of this invention, in which Fig. 1 is aplan view of the testing device corresponding to the left hand with thepalm uppermost portions being sectioned to more clearly show a part ofthe interior construction.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the plane 33 of Fig. 1 with the palmin down-turned position.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on plane 44 of Fig. 1 with the palmdownwardly turned. I

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the outside longitudinal section onthe little finger side of the hand.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing an element of the expanding meansby which the width of the form is varied to lit the form to the interiorof a glove being tested.

According to the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated, themanual form which simulates the human hand in shape comprises fourseparate longitudinal sections i, 2, 3 and 4, which are transverselybored on a common axis for the reception of a transverse guide pinwhich, in this form of thedevice, is preferably made in two axiallyaligned sections 9, 9 each of which ispinned to one member and hastelescopic sliding engagement with the adjacent members. so as topreserve the sections of the form in uniform transverse alignment, whileallowing a greater or less degree of separation to permit them to bespread apart the necessary distance to fit into the interior of theglove being measured in which the form is inserted.

The individual members are provided on their lateral opposed faces withrecesses or chambers 5 having inclined lateral faces 6 bearing againstsimilarly inclined faces of wedge-shaped expanding members i ll, so thatas the wedges are moved forward longitudinally of the sections anincreasinglspreading action is secured to expand the whole width orgirthmeasurement of the hand. The sections are normally drawn or contractedtogether by means of a contractile helical spring "l2, whose oppositeends are anchored by means of anchoring pins lZ secured in the twooutside members i and 4-. This contractile spring serves to draw theindividual sections together against the interposed wedges whichcomprisepart of the expanding means. A- second transverse guide pin 20 isinserted in the expanding members it! to prevent their longitudinaldisplacement in relation to one another, while allowing the lateralseparation or contraction of the wedges in the process of adjusting theform to any desired size measurement. This guide pin 20 is preferablypinned to the middlesectionlil and has free telescopic slidingengagement with the registering bores in the adjacent wedge members.

For effecting longitudinal adjustment of the expanding means, I securein the rear end of one of the form sections a threaded rod or screw l5which passes freely through a lug i l attached to the rear end of one ofthe expanding elements it and projects a substantial distance beyondsaid thrust lug i4. On the projecting end of this fixed screw is placeda threaded nut l 6, whose forward end abuts against the thrust lug it sothat when the nut is screwed inward on the screw shank I5, the expandingmeans is moved forwardly to expand the form sections to the desireddegree. The individual expanding wedges, which form part of theexpanding means in this construction, are provided with two wedgeportions ill and IE one at the forward end and one toward the rear asshown in Fig. 6, thereby providing inclined expanding surfaces H and I lfor engaging similarly inclined surfaces 6 and l of the form sections soas to maintain substantial parallelism between the sections as they aremoved toward or away from each other. On the rear end of one of thelongitudinally movable expanding members is placed a glove size scale,whose intervals are laid out on the basis of quarter sizes incorrespondence with the amount of expansion of the form effected by eachunit of adjustment on the scale. The adjacent end of one of the formsections serves as an indicating pointer as it travels over theintervals of the size scale to give the correct size reading on thescale in correspondence with the actual girth measurement around themeasuring form. A helical compression spring i8 interposed between thelug l4 and the rear end of the aligned form section serves to yieldinglythrust the lug 14 against the gauging and adjusting nut 56. The layingout of the size scale will depend upon the amount of total expansionimparted to the hand form by any given adjustment of the expandingmeans.

What I claim is;

l. A size testing device for measuring gloves embracing in itsconstruction a hand simulating form comprising separable longitudinalsections separated on divisional planes transverse to the breadth of theform and expanding means interposed between the sections and movablelongitudinally thereof to separate the sections laterally to any desireddegree to properly fit a glove into which the form is inserted, andmeans associated with the expanding means to indicate the sizemeasurement of the glove being testing.

2. A size testing device f or measuring gloves embracing a handsimulating form comprising longitudinal sections movable Widthwise ofthe form toward and away from each other, and guiding means preventingrelative longitudinal displacement of the sections, expanding meansinterposed between the sections, and longitudinally movable means foradjusting the expanding means to separate the sections to a greater orless degree to fit the form to a glove in which it is inserted, thedevice being provided with a size indicating scale arranged to showgirth measurements in correspondence with variations in longitudinaladjustment of the expansible form.

3. A size testing device for measuring gloves embracing a handsimulating form, comprising separate longitudinal sections separatedfrom each other on divisional planes in continuation of the spacesbetween the finger members of the form and longitudinally movableinterposed wedge members having lateral inclined plane engagement withadjacent sections of the form to expand the form to fitthe interior of aglove, ad-

justing means for adjusting the wedging means longitudinally in relationto the form sections, the wedging means being provided with a sizeindicating scale associated with one of the longi tudinal sections toindicate the size measurement of a glove in which the form is insertedand adjusted to fitting relation.

4. A size testing device for measuring gloves embracing in itsconstruction separate longitudinal sections held against relativelongitudinal displacement, interposed expanding Wedges also held againstmutual longitudinal displacement with relation to one another, means foradjusting said wedges longitudinally of the form to expand the sectionslaterally and thereby vary the girth measurement around the form, anadjusting thrust nut and screw for effecting longitudinal movement ofthe wedges, one of the wedge members being provided with alongitudinally disposed glove size scale registering with a fixed pointon one of the longitudinal sections of the form.

5. A size testing device for measuring gloves embracing a plurality ofseparate longitudinal sections comprising a hand simulating form, thesections being provided in their adjacent lateral faces with recesses,wedge members interposed between said sections and projecting into saidrecesses, transverse guiding means carried by said sections to preventlongitudinal displacement of one section with relation to another, acontractile spring for normally but yieldingly drawing the sectionstogether, and means for adjusting the wedges longitudinally to vary thegirth around the sectional form, the wedging means being provided with asize scale arranged to indicate variations in girth measurement inaccordance with the longitudinal adjustment of the wedging members.

6. A size testing device for measuring gloves embracing a handsimulating form comprising separable longitudinal sections, a transverseguide pin permitting the sections to move toward or away from each otherwithout relative longitudinal displacement, tensioning means normallytending to draw the sections together, expanding means embracing membershaving forward and rearward inclined faces forming expansion wedges forforcing the sections apart, adjusting means interconnecting thesectional form with the expanding means comprising a threaded rod and athrust 'nut for adjusting the expanding means forwardly, and a yieldingspring exerting a counter thrust tending to retract the wedging means,the latter being provided with a glove size scale corresponding to thevariations in girth of the form efiected by such longitudinaladjustment.

ELMER J. BLISS.

